Browsing all posts in February, 2012.

Stop The Global Horror Of Child Brides

One of Die By Wire‘s most horrifying and heart-breaking NON-fictional threads is the issue of young girls — some as young as nine or ten years old– who become virtual sex slaves to men often in their 40s to mid 50s. Not only do these girls have their lives ruined by brutal and sustained sexual molestation, […]

PubWeekly “Clarification” On ABA Boycott of Amazon: Anti-Trust Concern Is Reason For Deleting Comments

Yesterday, Publisher’s Weekly issued a clarification that looks designed to get the American Booksellers off the anti-trust hook with their much-discussed (Indie Booksellers Tell Indie Authors To Go To Hell) Amazon book boycott (ABA’s IndieCommerce Site Dropping Amazon Publishing Titles) . It also appears to show why PW deleted numerous comments on the subject. The […]

Something Constructive for ABA To Ponder

This post began as a comment I made here: ABA’s IndieCommerce Site Dropping Amazon Publishing Titles. And that comment ultimately came from this post: Indie Booksellers Tell Indie Authors To Go To Hell ABA should compete rather than whine and obstruct. Competing means having a new idea, one that uses existing expertise and resources in […]

Indie Booksellers Tell Indie Authors To Go To Hell

Yesterday, I mentioned one of the dumbest things in the world of books: Hey Barnes & Noble: Stop Bitchin’ and Start Competing! But today comes an even dumber Amazon-bashing: ABA Says ‘No’ to Amazon Publishing QUIZ! Find the disconnect here: Ebooks and Amazon have hurt book stores, especially independents. Amazon has helped authors, especially independents. […]

Hey Barnes & Noble: Stop Bitchin’ and Start Competing!

I got an email from a friend this morning: On 2/8/2012 9:47 AM, Eric  wrote: Good morning, Lew.I just got a Nook Tablet and tried to purchase Die By Wire.What’s up and when will I be able to get it? Eric Dear Eric: Attached is a free ePub of Die By Wire. Sorry you can’t […]

Wine, Art, Thrillers & Music: Smells Like Beethoven, Sounds Like A Forgery

A current article from The Economist provokes some intriguing questions about wine tasting, synaesthesia and environmental influences on perception of taste and quality. It’s one of my favorite topics. In one of my best-selling thrillers, Daughter of God, my heroine was an art expert with an uncanny ability to detect forged paintings. Her secret weapon: […]